CELINA - Mercer County has offered to refinance Celina's $1.35 million debt for the Main Street reconstruction project for one year.

Once authorized, this would be the first time county officials have invested in municipal debt with Celina.

Heather McClellan came face to face with poverty during a recent trip to Ethiopia.

And yet she found the people - young and old - to be happy and affectionate. They sleep in spartan huts built of sticks and survive on just one meal per day, but the hope for a better tomorrow keeps them going. [More]

MARIA STEIN - More than two dozen people - the majority of them Marion Band Boosters and high school band students - came to Monday night's board of education meeting to express concern regarding possible elimination of the assistant band director position.

ROCKFORD - Parkway school board and its teachers' union on Monday approved a three-year contract.

All teachers will receive raises of 1.25 percent [More]

CELINA - From dilapidated houses to overgrown grass and weeds, city officials are campaigning to clean up Celina.

Council members unanimously passe

ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance appropriating just over $1 million to cover deficiencies in this year's budget.

ANSONIA - Five people were injured, including a toddler, in a two-vehicle crash Friday night at the intersection of state Route 49 and Beamsville Union City Road in Darke County.

COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday agreed to move forward on vacating an alley and approving a sidewalk easement.

A public meeting was h

FORT RECOVERY - Parkway opened defense of its Midwest Athletic Conference softball title with a 19-1 win in five innings over Fort Recovery on Monday at Fort Recovery Middle School.

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Versailles scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to pick up a 7-2 win over Celina on Monday at Montgomery Field.

NEW BREMEN - Jason McGaharan will be introduced as the next head football coach at New Bremen High School on Wednesday with a press conference scheduled for 6 p.m. in the school's auditorium.